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Football At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification
The men's qualification for football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics. FIFA restricted entry to players born after January 1, 1985. Qualifications A total of sixteen teams participated in the finals of the Olympic tournament for men. These finals were Men's qualifying at rsssf.org Retrieved on February 18, 2007. * The host nation (automatically qualified) ** * Four teams from ** ** ** ** * Two teams from ** ** * Two teams from [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23. For these games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament, and the women in a 12-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced two days before the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, Opening Ceremony of the Games on 8 August. Venues Aside from the host city Beijing, football matches took place in four other cities: * Beijing: Beijing National Stadium * Beijing: Workers' Stadium * Qinhuangdao: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium * Shanghai: Shanghai Stadium * Shenyang: Shenyang Olympic Stadium * Tianjin: Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Men Women See also *Football 5-a-side at the 2008 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy National Under-21 Football Team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Italy (along with Spain) is the most successful nation in the history of the competition, with five Championships won (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2004). Italy has also been twice runner-up of the competition, in 1986 and 2013. From 1990 to 2004 the team established near-total dominance of European Under-21 football, winning five of the seven tournaments. Italy's Under-21s played the first match at the new Wembley Stadium, on 24 March 2007, against England Under-21s. The game resulted in a 3–3 draw, with Giampaolo Pazzini scoring all 3 goals for the Azzurrini. Prior to the 2008 Olympic games, Italy U-21s went on to win the 2008 Toulon Tournament by beating Chile (1–0) in the final. It was the first time they had won this tournament, previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament
The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament consisted of a single round-robin tournament played in Fiji from 1 March to 9 March 2008. New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games. Final standings Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goal scorers ;8 goals * Benjamin Totori * Malakai Tiwa ;6 goals * Tau Winnie ;5 goals * Alick Maemae ;4 goals * Costa Barbarouses * Joachim Waroi * Raymond Gunemba ;3 goals * Steven Old * Jeremy Brockie * Daniel Ellensohn * Alvin Singh * Roy Krishna * Macui Dunadamu * Jason Nawo ;2 goals * Jason Hayne * Shameel Rao * Joachim Rande * David Muta * Koriak Upaiga * Jefferey Nimanian ;1 goal * Avinesh Waran Suwamy * Krishna Samy * Cole Peverley * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the List of men's national association football teams#OFC (Oceania), member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. OFC is predominantly made up of island nations where association football is not the most popular sport, with low GDP and low population meaning very little money is generated by the OFC nations. The OFC has little influence in the wider football world, either in terms of international competition or as a source of players for high-profile club competitions. OFC is the only confederation to have not had at least one international title, the best result being Australia making 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, the final of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. In 2006, the OFC's larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in Oceania Football Confederation, OFC, joined AFC in 2006. Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, both Territories of the United States, territories of the United States, are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC. Executive Committee Sponsors Member associations It has 47 member associations split into 5 regions. Some nations proposed a South West Asian Federation that would not interfere with AFC zones. Afghanistan Football Federation, Afghanistan, Myanma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
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Confederation Of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administrative and controlling body for association football, futsal and beach soccer in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan by the national football associations of Egyptian Football Association, Egypt, Ethiopian Football Federation, Ethiopia, South African Football Association, South Africa and Sudan Football Association, Sudan, following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. One of the six continental confederations of world football governing body, FIFA, CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs national team and club continental competitions and controls the prize money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification was the twelfth edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship, CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted association football, football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 11 and 23 March 2008. Honduras national under-23 football team, Honduras won the title after with a 1–0 win over the United States men's national under-23 soccer team, United States in the final. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2008 Summer Olympics in China as the CONCACAF representatives. Qualification Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :1 Only final tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, due to geopolitical reasons, three nations from the Guianas subregion of South America— Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas region of France). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina National Football Team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and Sky Blue'), they are the reigning world champions, having won the most recent World Cup in 2022. Overall, Argentina has appeared in a World Cup final six times; a record surpassed only by Brazil and Germany; Argentina played in the first ever final in 1930, which they lost 4–2 to their South American rival Uruguay. Argentina's next final appearance came 48 years later, in 1978, when the team captained by Daniel Passarella defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in extra time, being crowned world champions for the first time. Captained by Diego Maradona, Argentina won their second World Cup eight years later, in 1986, with a 3–2 final victory over West Germany. They reached the final once more under the guidance of Maradona, in 1990, but were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil National Football Team
The Brazil national football team ( pt, Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' (‘Canary Squad’, after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a member of CONMEBOL since 1916. Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. The ''Seleção'' also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played, 129 goal difference, 247 points, and 19 losses. It is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs, and the only team to have won the World Cup in four different continents: once in Europe ( 1958 Sweden), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of seven million, nearly three million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America (Bolivia is the other), Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537, they established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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